ricker



(No Model.)

B. H. RIGKER. SAFE FOR MILK CANS, &c.

Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

' Wrrpl E55 E5 fiwaa 44 v.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN l-I. RIOKEB, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0.FRED. HOWE, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFE FOR MILK-CANS, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,605, dated October28, 1890. Application filed March 26, 1890- Serial No. 55,437. (Nmodel.)

To all whom it may concern: on studs N N, and normally held together Beit known that I, REUBEN H. RIGKER, of by the spring 8. Thespring-catches M are Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State ofprovided at their outer ends with hooks, as Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useshown, adapted to engage with the barbed 5 ful Improvementin Safes for Milk=0ans and end of the start L, so that when the door isother Articles, of which the following, taken closed it is securelylocked by the engagein connection with the accompanying drawment of thecatches M M with the start L, and 5 5 ings, is a specification. itcannot be opened except by inserting the The object of my invention isto so conkey and unlocking the same. :0 struct a safe or case to beattached to the ex- To prevent the accidental closing and lock terior ofa house, store, or other structure ing of-the door,I have two drops K Kso susthat it will form a secure receptacle for cans, pended from eitherside of the opening in the dishes, &c., either full or empty, and to beface of the lock that one of them will so hang conveniently opened byany one authorized, as to cover the opening, and thus prevent the 15 butnot to be opened by unauthorized perstart L from entering the look; butwhen it sons except by unlawfully unfastening the is desired to lock thedoor the drop covering same, the safe being so constructed that it theopening may be pushed aside, and thus can be placed at the right or leftof the doorallow the start to enter and to be locked in. way, as may bedesired. This object I attain Another and quite essential use of the 20by the construction shown in the accompanydrops is to hold the door in apartially locked ing drawings, in whichcondition. Thus if the door isnearly closed,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing as represented in Fig. 4;,then the'hook K on one of my safes closed with a can inside. the drop Kwill engage with one of the notches Fig. 2 is a View in perspectiveshowing one of the start L, and thus hold the door nearly 2 5 of mysafes open, the position of the inclosed closed, but in a condition tobe easily opened can being represented by dotted lines. Fig. by simplydrawing the engaged drop away 3 is a horizontal section taken throughthe from the start. lock. Fig. 4 is a view enlarged of the look In Fig.5 I have shown the plate W, that and its connecting parts, and Fig. 5shows I use for covering the lock-recess. This plate 0 the lock-plate.has a front part W so shaped as to fit into a In the drawings, Arepresents the fixed dovetail formed on the edge of the casing, as partof the safe, and B the door, the said door shown, and a start W bent atright angles B being attached to the fixed part by hinges to the mainpart W, and is adapted to fit E E. 1 into a recess made for it at N.(See Fig. 4.) 3 5 Upon the fixed part of the safe I have a By formingthe plate as above and adapting flattened boss I, Fig. 3, which isintended to the lock-recess to receive it; but one screw is fit againstthe flat walls of the structure to required to hold it in place. 8 5which the safe is to be attached by means of This safe maybe made ofiron or any other screws, one of which is shown at V, Figs. 2 suitablematerial. 40 and 3. As this safe is made symmetrical in In using my safefor milk, for instance, the all respects, its position can be reversedto can is placed within, and the door is so far fit to the right orleft, as it may be desired. closed as to cause one of the drops (seeFig. 0 Turning the safe end for end changes it from 4) to engage withthe start and hold it. Now a right to a left hand one, thus adapting itto any person may open the door by pushing 45 be placed in a right orleft hand position in the drop away, and having placed a full canrelation to the doorway. in the safe may entirely close the door by Thelock W (shown in detail in Fig. l) causing the start L to enter thelock. Now 5 consists of two spring-catches M M, pivoted it cannot beopened except by the use of a key, which is always retained by the ownerof the safe, the person who delivers the milk safe and so located thatone of them, accqrd- IO or other article not having any key.

ing to which end of the safe is up, will hang over the entrance to thelock and in a posi- I olain1- tion to catch the barbed start, asdescribed,

5 In a reversible safe, the combination of the substantiallyas and forthe purpose set forth. 7 recessed lock V in the fixed part A, and theREUBEN H. RICKER.

door B, having a barbed start L adapted to engage with the swingingdrops K K said drops K K being, attached to the fixed part of theWitnesses:

WILLIAM EDSON, FRANK G. PARKER.

